Bronx, New York — Organizers behind The Habinaha Garinagu Yurumein 2011 Garifuna Cultural Retrieval Summer Workshop are holding a fundraiser on SATURDAY May 19th 2012 at two in the afternoon that they hope will enable them to continue their efforts to re-introduce Garifuna culture to citizens of St. Vincent and The Grenadines, which is the ancestral home of the Garifuna people.

Largely organized by Garifuna American Author Trish St. Hill (who is from St. Vincent and The Grenadines), The Habinaha Garinagu Yurumein Initiative is a performing arts program designed to re-introduce aspects of Garifuna Culture (namely the language, music and dance of The Garifuna people) to residents of St. Vincent and The Grenadines.

This fundraising effort will take place at Casa Yurumein on SATURDAY May 19th 2012; which is located at 1184 Fulton Avenue, Bronx, New York. It will consist of an afternoon of Entertainment, Education, Food and Discussion. Attendees will see:

There is a donation of $10 for food, and an additional donation of $10 for viewing the documentary and admission to see the musical performances.

There will also be discussion about a planned Garifuna textbook as well as other projects all aimed at re-introducing Garifuna culture to citizens of St. Vincent and The Grenadines.

While St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the ancestral home of the Garifuna People, there is a cultural gap that exists between residents there and Garinagu in Central America and The United States of America. In short, when Garinagu (plural for Garifuna) were kicked out of St. Vincent in 1976 and exiled to Central America in 1797 following their loss to the British in the Second Carib War; their culture left with them.

Apparently most residents of St. Vincent and The Grenadines (of Garifuna or Black Carib descent) cannot speak the Garifuna Language and are unfamiliar with various aspects of Garifuna culture and it was this cultural gap that The Habinaha Garinagu Yurumein 2011 Garifuna Cultural Retrieval Summer Workshop was designed to combat.

Those interested in supporting this cause are encouraged to call:

Trish St. Hill at (347) 488-4395 or Dorina Castillo at (917) 714-9225.

Please like and share this posting with anyone who may be interested in it.

Stay tuned to beinggarifuna.com for more Garifuna news as it develops. You can do this by entering your email address in the rectangular box on the upper left hand corner. By subscribing, you can get the latest Being Garifuna Postings as they are published.